Countries
Cambodia
  
Wales
  
National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
  
Wales
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America
  
Argentina, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Welsh Language Commissioner
  
Interesting Facts
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
- One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
English Language
  
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
  
British Language
  
Alphabets in
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Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Khmer
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ND
  
Helô
  
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
  
Diolch
  
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
  
Sut ydych chi?
  
Good Night
ND
  
Nos da
  
Good Evening
ND
  
Noswaith dda
  
Good Afternoon
ND
  
P'nawn da
  
Good Morning
ND
  
Bore da
  
Please
ND
  
os gwelwch yn dda
  
Sorry
ND
  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
  
Bye
ND
  
Hwyl
  
I Love You
ND
  
Dw i'n dy garu di
  
Excuse Me
ND
  
Esgusodwch fi
  
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
  
Patagonian Welsh
  
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
  
Argentina
  
How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00
  
26
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
  
Y Wyndodeg
  
Where They Speak
Vietnam
  
Gwynedd
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
  
Y Bowyseg
  
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
  
Powys
  
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
  
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
  
Cymraeg
  
French Name
khmer central
  
gallois
  
German Name
Kambodschanisch
  
Kymrisch
  
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
  
Welsh people
  
Origin
14
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Brythonic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
  
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
  
Welsh
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
km
  
cy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
khm
  
cym
  
ISO 639 2/B
khm
  
wel
  
ISO 639 3
khm
  
cym
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
khme1253
  
wels1247
  
Linguasphere
Not Available
  
50-ABA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Fusional
  
Khmer and Welsh Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Khmer and Welsh greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khmer and Welsh language. Khmer word for "Hello" is ND or Welsh word for "Thank You" is Diolch. Find more of such common Khmer Greetings and Welsh Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Khmer vs Welsh Difficulty
The Khmer vs Welsh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer Alphabets and Welsh Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Khmer and Welsh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and Welsh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn Welsh time required is 30 weeks.